Let's bring in former UK Treasury Secretary Jim O'Neal. He is chair at Northern Gridstone. Uh Jim, it's great to have you on.Uh also a great time to kind of assess uh what we saw this year, which was plenty. Uh if you go back, you know, eight or nine [clears throat] months and it was all the talk was, you know, with the tariff panic, it was going to be end of US exceptionalism, um flows away from dollar assets. Maybe that didn't continue, but you did see outperformance by non US equity indexes and also just ...

Indonesia will assign $1 billion to the BRICS-led New Development Bank, further boosting ties with the group of developing nations. https://t.co/szTOsbjD7h ...

Together with other members of the BRICS group of countries, China’s central bank is building a digital payment system with the goal of recruiting enough countries to chip away at the dollar’s dominance. Officials promise progress in 2026 https://t.co/ZJ5S5NrVAS ...

RT Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_)Indonesia is preparing to impose export duties on gold.Another strategic nation tightening control over its metal flows.Gold and BRICS.The geopolitical chessboard is being played in real-time. ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says "BRICS was an attack on the US dollar." https://t.co/c27FAF1bXM ...

RT Senator Matt Canavan (@mattjcan)China's bullying to get Australia to join its BRICS de-dollarisation agenda, and to get us more exposed to the yuan, deserves way more attention than it is getting. https://t.co/lXvyMaYxGD ...

RT BullionStar (@BullionStar)Brazil: First Gold buy since 2021.Russia buying. China buying. India buying. Now Brazil.BRICS nations sending a clear message. ...

But why are gold prices rising? Because BRICS is stacking gold bricks, and the Russian sanctions eroded the store-of-value function of the dollar.And why did the Fed hike rates and devalue Treasuries? Because inflation was eroding the purchasing power of the dollar. https://t.co/PkkYeWPggWDaniel Di Martino 🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@DanielDiMartino):@balajis This is just the mechanical effect of rising gold prices and reduced US treasury value amid higher interest rates... not that gold holdings and treasury holdings changed m ...

US-India Trade Relations - The US imposed a 50% tariff on goods imported from India due to India's continued purchase of Russian oil [1] - This action contradicts Apple CEO's announcement of increasing iPhone manufacturing in India for the US market [1] - India is re-evaluating its relationship with China and Russia due to the US's unfriendly attitude [1] India's Geopolitical Shift - Indian Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit China in 2025 for the SCO summit, signaling a potential shift in relations [1] - India is deepening its strategic partnership with Russia, despite US sanctions [1] - India's actions suggest a stronger alignment with the BRICS economic alliance [1]

Geopolitical & Economic Implications - BRICS (巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国和南非) 正在创造历史 [1]